Scolopia.l Bixacece. y i 



Thw. Enum. 17, 400. C. P. 1077, 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 191 (under S. crenata). Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 78 {S. crenatay. 



A small tree, with smooth, rufous-grey bark, branches 

 with straight simple spines when young, afterwards unarmed ; 

 1. 2^-4! in., oval, tapering to the short petiole, very acuminate 

 or caudate, obtuse, shallowly repand-dentate, rather thick, 

 glabrous and shining on both sides ; fl. numerous, articulated 

 to stout ped., in lax, axillary, racemose panicles shorter than 

 the leaves ; sep. 5-6, broad, obtuse ; pet. 5-6, smaller ; disk a 

 ring of numerous orange-coloured papillae ; stam. and style 

 \m.\ fruit globular-ovoid, |^-f in., apiculate, fleshy, green. 



Low country both moist and dry, up to 1500 ft.; rather common. 

 Hantare (Gardner) ; Deltota ; Nillembe ; Hangurankette ; Dambulla ; 

 Alut-oya. Fl. May-August ; pinkish-white. 



Also in S. India and S. China. 



Specimens from the dry region have the leaves less acuminate and 

 smaller, and a smaller fruit, and form a distinct variety. Many of the fls. 

 are barren, disarticulating from the pedicels and falling away without 

 fertilisation. 



This is not distinguished in Fl. B. Ind. from S. cj-enata^ Clos, of the 

 S. of India. To that species are also referred the cultivated specimens 

 (C. P. 3526) named S. chmensis, Clos, in Thw. Enum. 400 {S. A7'nottianus, 

 Thw. Enum. 16). This is quite different from the present species, and 

 is not known wild in Ceylon, though common in the Peradeniya Gardens. 

 It has a small pulpy dull purple berry the size of a pea. 



2. S. crassipes, Clos. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, viii. 251 (1857). 

 Plioberos Hookerzamis, Wight MS., Thw. Enum. 17. Thw. Enum. 



400. C. P. 629. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 191 (under S. crenata). 



A very large tree, branches with spines when young; 

 1. 1-2 in., lanceolate or oval-oblong, tapering to the short 

 petiole, obtuse, entire or slightly crenate, coriaceous, glabrous, 

 veins prominent beneath ; fl. on very stout ped., crowded in 

 dense axillary racemes shorter than the leaves, bracts con- 

 spicuous, subulate ; sep. and pet. 5-6 ; fruit subglobose, 

 usually broader than long, | in., apiculate, fleshy, green. 



Montane region down to about 3000 ft.; common. N. Eliya; Matu- 

 rata ; Dolosbagie ; Galagama ; Deltota. Fl. April, May ; white. 



Endemic. 



This may possibly be a montane state of the last ; with it, it is 

 included under S. crenata in Fl. B. Ind. 



3. S. Gaertneri, Thw. Emwi. PI. Zeyl. 400 (1864). ILatu- 

 kurundu, S. 



Fl. Zeyl. n. 410 {Rhamnicastruvi). Limonia pusilla, Gaertn. Fruct. i. 

 297. S.piisilla, Willd. Sp. PI. ii. 981 (1799) ; Moon Cat. 39. Phoberos 

 GcErt7ieri, Thw. Enum. 17. C. P. 64, 1076, 2497. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 191. Gaertn. Fruct. i. t. 58. f. 4 (fruit). 



